Re: [expert] problem with Slideshow on LM 8.2?

2002-06-09 Thread et
the why is, just how private is it? is it connected to a lan? the internet? what kinda server? why? to be secure thats why, to prevent screwing with files you should not screw with. On Thursday 06 June 2002 09:08 am, you wrote: Well, yes, you'll have that. But why not use the machine? If

Re: [expert] speaking of viruses

2002-06-09 Thread daRcmaTTeR
At 01:43 AM 6/4/02, you wrote: engage wrote: chkrootkit displayed the following: Searching for suspicious files and dirs, it may take a while... /usr/lib/libDrakX/auto/Newt/.exists /usr/lib/libDrakX/auto/c/stuff/.exists /usr/lib/libDrakX/auto/resize_fat/c_rewritten/.exists

Re: [expert] Lost of ext3 partitions

2002-06-09 Thread Laurent BOULEAU
Hi After trying gpart with no good results, I have downloaded an installed testdisk (http://www.cgsecurity.org/index.html?testdisk.html) and e2fsprogs (http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net). I've been able to rescue entirely my disk. Tanks a lot to all. Hoyt a écrit : On Thursday 06 June 2002

[expert] Kstars crashes in latest mandrake kde RPMs

2002-06-09 Thread Nick Brown
Using the latest mandrake 8.2 rpms (kdeedu3 3.0.1-1mdk)from kde site kstars crashes with the below traceback Trace Back: 0x41069409 in wait4 () from /lib/libc.so.6 #0 0x41069409 in wait4 () from /lib/libc.so.6 #1 0x410e898c in __check_rhosts_file () from /lib/libc.so.6 #2 0x40f73d56 in

RE: [expert] DVD viewing with xine - help needed, ogle

2002-06-09 Thread Dodd, David J
I am having the same problem with xine it does not play dvd's. I tried installing ogle and all the required packages but keeps telling me that libdvdcss is not installed..? -Original Message- From: Klar Brian D Contr MSG/SICN [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002

Re: [expert] DVD viewing with xine - help needed

2002-06-09 Thread Azrael
nDiScReEt wrote: Azrael wrote: I have had problems viewing encrypted dvd's with xine - in that I can't do it. I used to be able to a year or so ago.. I have taken backwards steps it seems :) The default mdk 8.2 setup didn't work for me.. couldn't seem to install plugins for it. So I

Re: [expert] Just too strange!!!

2002-06-09 Thread David Rankin
You guys got it all wrong, quantum theory is out and string theory is in. J. Craig Woods wrote: On Friday 07 June 2002 00:18, you wrote: On Fri, 2002-06-07 at 13:56, J. Craig Woods wrote: Well my last post was a most intriguing explication of the quantum theory as it correlates

Re: [expert] DVD viewing with xine - help needed, ogle

2002-06-09 Thread darklord
On Sunday 09 June 2002 09:37 am, you wrote: I am having the same problem with xine it does not play dvd's. I tried installing ogle and all the required packages but keeps telling me that libdvdcss is not installed..? Here are the RPMs that I installed for Ogle: a52dec-libs-0.7.2-2.i686.rpm

[expert] Mouse with 5 buttons and two scroll wheels

2002-06-09 Thread Raider
Hello! I run MDK8.2 and I own an A4tech mouse. Quite nice as it has two scrolls and not just one. With windoze one scroll is for up-down movement and the other for left-right movement. It also has two extra buttons that are/should be programmable. It works great with Linux (Gnome) with only

Re: [expert] Mouse with 5 buttons and two scroll wheels

2002-06-09 Thread Azrael
Raider wrote: Hello! I run MDK8.2 and I own an A4tech mouse. Quite nice as it has two scrolls and not just one. With windoze one scroll is for up-down movement and the other for left-right movement. It also has two extra buttons that are/should be programmable. It works great with Linux

Re: [expert] Here they come again...

2002-06-09 Thread James
On Wed, 05 Jun 2002 15:03:42 -0500 J. Craig Woods [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Charlie wrote: I'm doin' my best. All I can see to do is what I've been doing. When people ask me a question about things such as this article, or ask me what other choice there is besides Windows, I show them.

Re: [expert] DVD viewing with xine - help needed, ogle

2002-06-09 Thread Jerry
just a quick thought.. check that it installed libdvdcss into your path(/usr/bin, /usr/local/bin, etc) if not reinstall it into the correct path (or symlink it? not sure on that though) not sure if that's been mentioned already. hth Jerry Language is a virus from outer space. -William S

Re: [expert] Kstars crashes in latest mandrake kde RPMs

2002-06-09 Thread Alastair Scott
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 08 June 2002 11:28 pm, Nick Brown wrote: Using the latest mandrake 8.2 rpms (kdeedu3 3.0.1-1mdk)from kde site kstars crashes with the below traceback Confirmed - if you go to the kstars site http://edu.kde.org/kstars/ download the

Re: [expert] USB problem

2002-06-09 Thread Joan Tur
Es Dissabte 08 Juny 2002 03:04, en Phil va escriure: Hello All, Forgive me for asking this question yet again; there must be an answer, surely. My Kodak DC3400 camera is auto-detected by gphoto2 correctly as being connected to the USB port. Yet when I try to use the camera an error

Re: [expert] mkd 8.1 crash after last update!

2002-06-09 Thread Joan Tur
Es Dissabte 08 Juny 2002 22:07, en Ricardo Castanho de O. Freitas va escriure: Now what? I've just update through Mdk control center and after that my mdk8.1 started hate being alone!?! It crashes!! When I return to my desk it has just rebooted!!! Seems to be power saving or something alike

[expert] Using urpmi on RH 7.2? Is it possible?

2002-06-09 Thread mandrake
Mandrake is the distro of choice for my personal machines, but at work, we use RH 7.2 (yeah, I know 7.3's out). But I just can't stand not having urpmi so I was wondering if anyone knows if there are any success stories (or issues) in using urpmi on a RH 7.2 install. I'd appreciate any info

Re: [expert] SNF 7.2

2002-06-09 Thread Linux Admin
On Thursday 06 June 2002 11:00 pm, you wrote: On Thursday 06 June 2002 07:03 pm, you wrote: Has anyone had this problem: I set up SNF 7.2 with dual NIC's. I have cable modem access which uses DHCP. Whenever I reboot the Firewall it will not grab an IP from my ISP. It just hangs at

Re: [expert] Testing - Can't get messages on the list.

2002-06-09 Thread Ric Tibbetts
Praedor Tempus wrote: On Thursday 06 June 2002 08:27 pm, J. Craig Woods wrote: On Thursday 06 June 2002 11:42, you wrote: Testing. I've not had much luck getting messages to post for some reason. Just testing to see if this one makes it. Ric Are ya'll getting bounced mails or delivery

Re: [expert] Just too strange!!!

2002-06-09 Thread James
On Fri, 07 Jun 2002 11:06:58 -0500 David Rankin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You guys got it all wrong, quantum theory is out and string theory is in. Is this the one also known as the Bikini Theory... ( I need to spend less time at the beach.) James J. Craig Woods wrote: On

Re: [expert] DVD viewing with xine - help needed, ogle

2002-06-09 Thread nDiScReEt
On Sunday 09 June 2002 9:22 am, darklord wrote: On Sunday 09 June 2002 09:37 am, you wrote: I am having the same problem with xine it does not play dvd's. I tried installing ogle and all the required packages but keeps telling me that libdvdcss is not installed..? Here are the RPMs that

Re: [expert] Just too strange!!!

2002-06-09 Thread J. Craig Woods
James wrote: On Fri, 07 Jun 2002 11:06:58 -0500 David Rankin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You guys got it all wrong, quantum theory is out and string theory is in. Is this the one also known as the Bikini Theory... ( I need to spend less time at the beach.) James I need

[expert] realtec 8139

2002-06-09 Thread hans schneidhofer
hi, have discovered some problems with a realtec 8139card. trying to configure with kudzu is okay to trhe point : shall I configure your existing configuration typing okay results in a hanging black screen with no ending loop. after doing a control-alt-del the system restarts. starting

Re: [expert] Just too strange!!!

2002-06-09 Thread Jeferson Lopes Zacco
James wrote: On Fri, 07 Jun 2002 11:06:58 -0500 David Rankin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You guys got it all wrong, quantum theory is out and string theory is in. Is this the one also known as the Bikini Theory... ( I need to spend less time at the beach.) James

Re: [expert] realtec 8139

2002-06-09 Thread et
On Sunday 09 June 2002 06:25 pm, you wrote: hi, have discovered some problems with a realtec 8139card. trying to configure with kudzu is okay to trhe point : shall I configure your existing configuration typing okay results in a hanging black screen with no ending loop. have you tried to

Re: [expert] Just too strange!!!

2002-06-09 Thread et
On Sunday 09 June 2002 06:44 pm, you wrote: James wrote: On Fri, 07 Jun 2002 11:06:58 -0500 David Rankin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You guys got it all wrong, quantum theory is out and string theory is in. Is this the one also known as the Bikini Theory... ( I need to spend

Re: [expert] Just too strange!!!

2002-06-09 Thread Jeferson Lopes Zacco
et wrote: Is this the one also known as the Bikini Theory... ( I need to spend less time at the beach.) James Inasmuch as I do not appreciate such pearls (quantum theory is out and string theory is in ...sic) I have to agree that bikinis are the best expression of String Theory ever

[expert] kpackage chrashed

2002-06-09 Thread marco
Hello folks, I have installed Mandrake 8.2 kernel-2.4.18.6mdk-1-1mdk kpackage chrashs after start: Here the error output on conole: KCrash: crashing crashRecursionCounter = 2 KCrash: Application Name = kpackage path = unknown pid = 8345 [root@itmgoer contrib8.2]# kpackage Creating link

Re: [expert] kpackage chrashed

2002-06-09 Thread et
what was the command you typed to start kpackage? On Sunday 09 June 2002 06:58 pm, you wrote: Hello folks, I have installed Mandrake 8.2 kernel-2.4.18.6mdk-1-1mdk kpackage chrashs after start: Here the error output on conole: KCrash: crashing crashRecursionCounter = 2 KCrash:

Re: [expert] kpackage chrashed

2002-06-09 Thread et
oh duh, I just read more of the error, try adding the path to the command ie.; kpackage /home/banana/whatsthehecknamed.rpm (of course change home/banana/whatsthehecknamed. to what ever is particular to your file setup and where ever the RPM or whatever you are using kpackage for (I recall it

Re: [expert] OT: Testing a Modem / Telephone Line

2002-06-09 Thread Randy Kramer
Bill, Thanks for your response! Randy Kramer Bill Randle wrote: Have you noticed any difference the frequency of disconnects based on weather? E.g., is it any worse after it rains compared to an extended dry spell? No, but I'll start paying more attention to that. What about time of day?

Re: [expert] Mouse with 5 buttons and two scroll wheels

2002-06-09 Thread Femme
On Sun, 9 Jun 2002 20:03:05 -0300 (BRT) Ricardo Castanho de O. Freitas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 9 Jun 2002, Raider wrote: Hi! I have the same mouse... if you ever find any info please email me/us! Great trackball mouse!!! And cheap!!! []s Ricardo Castanho Hello! I run MDK8.2

Re: [expert] X Access Problem

2002-06-09 Thread Svante Signell
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Thu, 6 Jun 2002, Tibbetts, Ric wrote: Ok, this one is probably really obvious. But I'm in a really stupid state today, and can't see it I just loaded a fresh install of 8.2 on a box. I also loaded KDE 3. Everything seems to be going good, except:

[expert] postfix message id identifier

2002-06-09 Thread bascule
i've been playing with the postfix main.cf file to see if can alter postfix's behaviour so that the message id of posts do not have the local machine name here attached to them, i am unable to change this without also getting postfix to think that the machine name has actually changed and all

[expert] ColdFusion/Macromedia

2002-06-09 Thread Barry Michels
Ever since I installed ColdFusion trial, every time I use Konqueror about 4 windows pop up pointing to Macromedia's site. Any idea where it's coming from and how to get rid of it? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] realtec 8139

2002-06-09 Thread et
how many cards doy you have? what is the 10.0.0.0 stuff from? why do you not have the LO interface (loopback) as 127.0.0.1? (you need this, it has no card) and the host 192.168.10.20 is where? if you only have one card, you should have a lo (127.0.0.1) and only one eth0 and not an eth1. On

Re: [expert] Lost of ext3 partitions

2002-06-09 Thread James
On Wed, 05 Jun 2002 12:44:43 +0200 Laurent BOULEAU [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi On a mandrake 8.1 with a 40 Go DD, and with this partitions : hda1 : /boot hda5 : swap hda6 : /ext3 hda7 : /usrext3 hda8 : /varext3 hda9 : /homeext3 hda10 : /webext3 hda11 : /mysql

[expert] Allowing root to login at console?

2002-06-09 Thread David Guntner
I'm running ML 8.2. It seems that somehow, when doing the install, I managed to disallow root logins at the console. (Running X at startup.) I know I've got the root password right, because I can log in with my regular user ID and then su with the root password. But typing root as the user

Re: [expert] postfix message id identifier

2002-06-09 Thread ollyplaine
On Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 01:33:19AM +0100, bascule wrote: i've been playing with the postfix main.cf file to see if can alter postfix's behaviour so that the message id of posts do not have the local machine name here attached to them, i am unable to change this without also getting

Re: [expert] Allowing root to login at console?

2002-06-09 Thread skidley
On Sun, Jun 09, 2002 at 08:26:23PM -0700, David Guntner wrote: Content-Description: Mail message body I'm running ML 8.2. It seems that somehow, when doing the install, I managed to disallow root logins at the console. (Running X at startup.) I know I've got the root password right,

Re: [expert] OT: Testing a Modem / Telephone Line

2002-06-09 Thread Randy Kramer
Praedor, Thanks for the response! Praedor Tempus wrote: First, the obvious question...did your high disconnect problem start coincident with the new policy from your ISP? It's hard to tell. I'd say it this way: I started noticing more disconnects (or maybe just got more frustrated with

Re: [expert] Allowing root to login at console?

2002-06-09 Thread David Guntner
skidley grabbed a keyboard and wrote: The not being able to login as root is a result of your msec level, but you can keep that level and change things by creating a /etc/security/msec/level.local in it add this: from mseclib import * allow_root_login(1) Actually, I'm running at msec

Re: [expert] Allowing root to login at console?

2002-06-09 Thread Michael Viron
Take a look at /etc/securetty -- it's the file that determines which consoles (if any) root can directly login from. Michael At 08:26 PM 6/9/2002 -0700, you wrote: I'm running ML 8.2. It seems that somehow, when doing the install, I managed to disallow root logins at the console. (Running X

Re: [expert] Just too strange!!!

2002-06-09 Thread James
After yesterdays wind storm a lot of people here are asking the same question. James On Sun, 09 Jun 2002 15:49:48 -0500 J. Craig Woods [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: James wrote: On Fri, 07 Jun 2002 11:06:58 -0500 David Rankin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You guys got it all wrong,

Re: [expert] Just too strange!!!

2002-06-09 Thread James
Wooky, Are you trying to make us jealous... if so you've succeeded. From what I've seen and heard Brazilian women do know how to apply String Theory in a manor that is well beautiful. But then again I'm a dirty old man... so my opinion is prejudiced. James On Sun, 09 Jun 2002

Re: [expert] Mouse with 5 buttons and two scroll wheels

2002-06-09 Thread James
I don't have any info on the extra mouse buttons. (personally I find 3 buttons and a wheel to be my limit.) But I did just find out how to make my wheel mouse work with a kvm switch. 1. During the install have the mouse directly attached to the computer. 2. Boot into X for all the users with